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SEVEN representatives of each Of the fol-
lowing regiments, viz: roth, list, I'D, I'D
and 74th N Y, will meet at Cooper Union,
room 81, New York city, on Wednesday, the
18th instant, at p. m, in order to form a
Brigade Association, whose objects shall be
the selection of designs for the Gettysburg
monuments, and the closer relationship in
the future of the survivors of that glorious
old command. Gems. Sickles, Graham and
Tremain; Coils. Potter, Rafferty,, Coyns,
Leonard, LOundsbury and Mahan, and Majs.
Purdy, Billiard and Toler, and Capts. Young,
Kay, Steward, Noonan, Watt and Foote, of
New York, have already signifed their in
tention to be present. The Excelsior Bri-
gade Organization hopes to dedicate its
monument or monuments, as may be deter
mined at this meeting, on the I'd of July
next, and to be represented On that occasion
by large number of its surviving veterans
Comrades who served in any of the above
regiments, and who desire further Informal
ton, are requested to read the notice which
appears in another column.
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THE NATIONAL PENSION COMMITTEE

THE NATIONAL PENSION COMMITTEE
Commander-in-Ch Chief Rea has done an
eminently proper thing in reappointing the
National Pension Committee without any
election of John c. Linehan as Junior Vice
Commander-inC Chief. Past Department Com
mander John w. Burst, of Illinois, was put
in COmrade Linehans place. This is an ex-
cellent selection, for Comrade Burst is as
well fitted by nature, experience and edu-
cation for the place as any man in the Order.
He is large-souled, big-brained, active
man, and an enthusiastic comrade. Comrades
Merrill, Tanner, Wagner and Kountz-
the other members Of the Committee-are
unquestionably the best fitted for that work
of any men in the Order, because of their
long and rich experience. This is the sixth
year of their service in that capacity, and
the knowledge they have gained in that
time of the temper of individual Senators
and Representatives, and of Congress as
whole, of the proper way of setting to work
to secure desired legislation, of what can be
done and what is useless to attempt, is in
valuable to the comrades. The coming ses-
sion of Congress will be one of the most i'm
portant to the soldiers of the country ever
held. 1t is very essential to the veter-
ans that their interests shall be in the
charge of men of such proved ability and
long experience as those who constitute
the National Pension Committee. At each
of the four last National Encampments they
have been able to give an excellent account
of their stewardship for the preceding year,
and we feel confident that they will be able
to give still better one to the 22d National
Encampment when it assemblies next year
at Columbus.
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Illustrate their designs. It is matter Of
deepest concern to every man who cares for
the peace and prosperity of the country. 1t is
to no mans interest that rebellion should be
encouraged and the rising generation be
taught that public love and gratitude and
enduring fame await men who seize any
pretext to plunge the country into bloody
and destructive war. The vicious influence
of this monument-raising and oratorieal
apotheosization of rebellion is not confined
to to-day. If it was it would be of less con-
sequence, for we know too well the frightful
cost of a civil war to be much swayed by it.
But the generations that come after US will
know nothing of the awful expenditure of
blood and treasure that the suppression of
the rebellion required, and they will be the
easier dazzled by this wicked painting of
the glories to be achieved in wrecking the
country's peace and prosperity.
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ga BOY SPY IN DIXIE"

This week we give the second instalment
of the thrillingly interesting I" Boy Spy in
Dixie" 1t is even a better chapter than
last weeks was, and it will go on increasing
in interest to the end. 1t describes portion
of the service as to which every one is curious,
and of which no one has yet written. The
author had most unusual experience. The
accuracy of his narration is vOuched for by
several very high officials, with whom he
had dealings, and for whom he performed
services. Back numbers containing the be-
ginning of the story can be supplied 10 those
who subscribe now.
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enteres the Regular Army In March, 1867, and has
been a First Lieutenant since May 1877.
Fresh honors thrust upon Gen. Phi sheri-
dan. pretty little baby zebra. Just received from
South Africa by the Philadelphia Geological Gar
den, has been named after him.
Gen. Joseph r. Hawley the gallant comrade and
Senator from Connecticut, arrived at the Ebbitt
House here ON Sunday to arrange for putting his
house in order for his approaching wedding TO Miss
Hornor. of Philadelphia. and for residence during
the coming session of Congress-
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SEND IN YoUR NAMES.

The NATIONAL TRIBUNE desires to make
up . complete roster of the survivors of
every regiment, battery or other organiza-
ton that served in the war. 1t asks, there
fore, that every veteran who reads this
paper send in his name, rank, company and
regiment on postal. We will also be very
glad if he will take the trouble TO send us
the names, companies and regiments of such
of his soldier acquaintance as may be con-
venienL
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WASHINGTON c. THURSDAY

shall Il continue roll carrying with IL the blessed
light Of the Christian civilization all around the
globe; and so surely Il moves It shall bring the
day OF final triumph. Ia hat iriumphai procession
Abraham lincoln shan NOT The righrII Presi
dent b1 JefersoA Darts. the so-odHed traitor. leader
Of a so-oalled lost cause.
III the so-called new South be n base surrender of
the old a false confession meanly false, Of shame
ia past. shame in sires. shame in our dead.
which but the silliest fool honestly feel.
then with all the power given TO us by the God of
truth we cry: Avaunt false South! avaunt, rotten
trunk upon a cursed root, thy fruit must turn TO
ashesi
If these manifestations were sudden out
breaks, provoked by some unusual concat-
enation of circumstances, they would not
have such an alarming significance. But,
unfortunately, this is not the case. On the
contrary, they are the crest-waves of stead
lily rising tide. We can compare the utter
ances and demonstrations of this year with
those of last, and those of last with those
Of the year before, and see how rapidly
the tide is rising. The eulogists of rebel
lion become holder continually, and the
demonstrations are more and more openly
glorifcatious of hostility to our country
and its institutions. Last year, for example,
no Southern orator had the temerity to adj
dress gathering of Union veterans with an
assertion of the superior patriotism of those
who fought for the COnfederacy, and prop
osition to quarter" the Confederate flag
upon the Star-Spangled Banner, as was done
this year at Richmond. Year before last no
orator would have had the effrontery to de-
clare that the arrival If JEFF Davis at At
lanta was the most GLORIOUS event since
the resurrection morn" as was done last year.
Last year no man would have ventured-as
Gen. Jackson has this year-to assert that
the future will regard JEFF Davis as the
rightful President, instead of Abraham Lin
coin. 1t was not until this year that a
President of the United States dared 10
offer to "return to the Confederate State"
the flags which those who fought for dis
union had wrested away from item on the
field of battle.
There is an unmistakable efTort-strong,
concerted and persistent, TO exalt treason at
the expense of loyalty-to make the worse
appear the better part-to inculcate upon
the minds of the youth Of a great portion
Of the country the lesson that the men who
conspired and fought to destroy the Nation
were exalted heroes, while those who re-
sisted them were actuated by base motives,
and were inferior to them in courage, de-
votion to principle, and the highest traits of
manhood.
1t is the duty of the loyal people to COM
,mand stern halt to this terribly pernicious
movement, and TO assert, in thunder tones, if
need be, that the rebellion was wholly and
eternally wrong, and the cause of the Union
wholly and eternally right. They must do
this as duty TO themselves, to the whole
country, and TO the generations to come, that
they may be unvexed by rebellion and I'M
harmed by traitor plots
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LET THE NATION PAY ITS DEBTS.

The first duty of Nation, as of man, is
TO pay its honest debts Honest debts may
be for money loaned, for property purchased,
or for services rendered.
The laws and the public sentiment of every
country hold that where there is any dis
tinction made among these classes Of in
debtedness that the obligations for personal
service shall take precedence of other claims.
We have statutes on the books Of every State
in this country providing that workmen's
wages shall be preferred claim at all times.
Most States provide that a mechanics lien
shall take precedence even Of a mortgage
This is the plain, legal business basis upon
which rests the claims of the veterans of the
Union armies. There is money debt due
them which, according TO recognized legal
and business principles, has precedence of
all claims for money loaned or merchandise
purchased. The Government cannot in honor
or justice dispose of its surplus cash on
hand, or reduce its revenues until il has sat
isfed this class of creditors to the last dollar
Of their just claims.
But it is claimed that the Government has
paid the soldiers according TO the strict letter
Of the contract. This is far from true, as
can be easily shown.
/. The Government promised each man
who enlisted from 1861 to the latter part OF
1868 $13 month. This meant at that time
standard dollars worth 100 cents in gold.
Instead it paid him paper promises to pay
gold, which steadily deprecated in value
until they were only worth 30 cents in gold.
Thus, in a majority Of instances, il defrauded
each man who followed its flag in war time
Of an amount varying from one-third to two
thirds of every dollar " that it paid him.
2. 1t promised to pay each of these men
who enlisted for three years bounty oil
500. This also meant 100 dollars each OF
which was worth 100 cents in gold. Instead
Of this it refused TO pay him any bounty
whatever in large number of instances
and when it did pay him il was in paper
promises 10 pay gold, which were worth from
35 cents, upward. Thus, instead of carrying
out its contract in this case to the letter, il
repudiatcd il altogether in vast number O.
instances, and when it did pay anything il
only gave about one-third of the sum prom
ised at enlistment.
3. II promised to provide adequately fol
those who should become disabled in il,
service, and to support properly the widows
children or dependent relatives of those VIII,
should die or be killed. Instead of dom,
this il has stood of" tens of thousands O
disabled veterans with beggerly little allow
ances of from 81 to 81 month, with cor
respondingly inadequate amounts for tn,
severer disabilities, and for the widows
minor children and dependent relatives
while tens Of thousands more are unable {,
get any relief whatever, and are either il
the poorhouses and Soldiers Homes of tn,
country, or are on the point of going thither
Ii These are the plain, hard facts of the case
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Report of certificates issued during week
ending Oct. %, 1887: Original, 1874 increase,
6O7; reissue, 81; restoration, 81; duplicate,
o; accrued, 81; arrears, 1 Act of March
3, 1888, 8; Order of April 8, 1884, A; Act of
March 3, 1885, o; Order Oct Z, 1885, l.; Act
of Aug. A, 1886, l.; Supplemental Act Aug.
A, 1886, "a; Mexican war, 400; total, 1915 ;
Reissue same date O..
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these dreadfully common names such al
Thomas, John, Peter, James and so on, and we
are at loss to decide between AlgernOn,
Reginald and Swithin. 1t is very perplexing,
i tell you."
Father, WhOse frst-bOrs HOlU redrs Uhiskers:
"Just wait till he has the collie some night, and
you have to walk the floor in your nightshirt
with him from u to A. You won't be at any
loss what to call him then, and some of the
names you'll give him will make your wifes
hair curl"
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THE Army seems to have fallen into as
low estate as the Navy. A California Sheriff
is out after Capt. Shaw and his command
with blood in his eye and posse at his
back. He threatens to wipe the troops off
the face of the earth unless they surrender
to him Internationally. The Attorney
General of California advises Gen. Howard
to order his troops to surrender and save
blOodshed, but Gen. Howard refuses to take
any action without an order from the Presi-
dent and Secretary of War. Meanwhile the
rampant Sheriff is gradually closing in on
the devoted Regulars, who are probably
engaged in throwing up rife-pits and con-
structing abatis. 1t seems to us that it didn't
use to be the custom of the United States
Army to let little Sheriff chase it around
the country.
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Invested Of all sentiment-all considerations
of gratitude from the Nation which was
saved, to the men who saved il. We are
trying to put the case of the soldiers on as
businesslike, unsentimental basis as the
case of the men to whom the Government
was indebted for money loaned.
Yet how different has been the treatment
Of these two classes of creditors. The man
who loaned the Nation money has been pune
tiliously repaid, to the letter of his contract.
In the opinion of many statesmen the Nation
went far beyond the letter to pay him what
he was not entitled to in law or equity. On
the other hand the man who gave il per-
sonal service of the highest possible charac-
ter, involving untold discomforts and enor-
nous dangers of life, limb and health has
been made the victim of practice so sharp
as to closely trench on dishonesty. Where
one thing was promised when the need was
great, quite another was given when the
emergency was past. Where dollar of one
kind was stipulated when the service was
solicited, dollar worth much less was paid
when the service was rendered. Liberal
promises during the time of need have been
construed with pettifosging cunning after
the danger was fought of.
The soldiers of the country demand, and
they have the right to demand, that the
debt owed them shall be viewed in the same
way as the debt owed the money-lenders-
that the same high, broad principles shall
control its payment-that the Nation shall
not resort to shabby tricks and juggling
with the letter of its contract to deprive
them of the rights which are theirs by any
just and liberal Interpretation of the agree
ment which the Nation made with them
when they made great personal and pecu-
MARY sacrifices to secure its salvation.
They demand hearing in equity before
the court of the whole people, and they de-
mand also that the Nation shall not impair
its ability to pay them their just dues until
this verdict be rendered. They waited pa
tiently, and paid taxes submissively, until
the bOndhOlders were gorged. They were
willing that the hungry money-lenders
should sit at the first table and stuff them
selves TO repletion. Now they claim that
they should be allowed to come to the sec
Ond table, and have plain meal where the
others have been banqueted.
1t will be dishonest to make any reduc-
ton of the revenues while these meritorious
creditors remain unpaid, and every soldier
should make it his duty to enter an en-
phatic protest through the press, in political
gatherings, to his Representatives in Con-
gress, and wherever else he can make his
voice heard, against any disposition of the
surplus, or any diminution of the National
income until the arrears of pensions are
paid, the bounties equalized, the disabled
veterans in and out of the almshouses are
provided for, the widows, orphans, and de-
pendent parents are properly taken care of,
and, in short, the recommendation of the Ma
tional GAR Pension Committee enacted
into law.
Let the watchword be: No reduction of
the revenue until the Nations debts are
paid"
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IT Is not the GAR. which is keeping
alive the fires of sectional hate" but the
men who are getting up ovations to the po-
litical chief of a sectional rebellion, who are
parading as holy relics" flags under which
the hosts of revolt and insurrection were
marshalled in battle, who teach the rising
generation that their fathers and kinsmen
who fell in the Confederate ranks "died in
a sacred cause" The GAR is National.
1t has nothing to do with sectiOns-North,
South, East or West; it regards only the
whole country. 1t opposes any sectional
man or measure. It's members did not fight
for any State or section, but for the whole
Nation. They gathered from every State in
the Union to fight for the Union, and when
the fight was won they dispersed again to
every State and Territory in the Union
They are more truly and broadly National
than any other class of men in the Nation.
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TRIBUNETS.
HE WAS BUSINESS.

Pauline Van Mangel-
Warzel: 20, Percy,
I'm so afraid you
have offended pa.
Not Intentionally, I
know. dear; but you
are 50 impulsive, and
sometimes inconsid-
crate. "
Percy de Mttggins:
Pm a trifie previous
occasionally, you
mean, darling. What
makes you think I've
ruffled his nibs ?"
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'cy, you are such a darling. /"
DTpN'T pETER I'm.

Scientist, who Is TAX
ing an ApOllinaris
lemonade, to Old
Stager who has just
poured out " four
fingers" Of the gem
JUNE stuff: My
friend, let me warn
you against putting
that liquid into your
stomach. I'm a chem
ist, and I can detect
the rank fusil oil in
it, even at this dis
lance"
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Old siager: "Will that 'ere-what a. ye call
it-keep it from maxim drunk Gomez"
Scientist No, I'm sorry to say, that it assists
in the awful work of intOxication."
Old Stager: "Well, then, guess I'll Just take
a couple fingers more of it,"
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SEVERAL OF The toady papers still keep
banging away At Gen. Fairchild. Thanks
10 this abuse. lac may be the next President
OF the United States.
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THAT WAS NO PLAYING.

POns Old Gentle
man " Pm awfully
sorry to see you
brightlitt boys pro-
flaming the Lords
Day, playing ball"
Bright Little Boy d:
" You call this play
in ball, do your
Well, I don't. This
amt no ball playin'.
Them little chumps
can't play ball to
save their lives. I'm
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A SUPPLEMENT-.

We publish a Supplement to this weeks
paper 10 accommodate matter crowded over
from the regular pages.
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THE philosopher of the Somerville Jour
nal, who has often wrestled with the prob
lem whether it was better to lend man
money or lose his friendship, comes to the
sage conclusion that the average friendship
is never worth more than $40.